Quote of the Tournament!

Well the tournament was fun, we had some hard fought games, unfortunately we did not come out on top as often as we preffered.

I'm sorry for those this may offend but in the locker room after the game our good buddy had the quote of the tournament. In the 3rd period one of the opponents took what most of us would call a cheap shot on Bryce on of our centers, the player in question is a pretty good player and yes "she" is a "she". Well she was called for 2 minutes for cross checking when she rammed her elbow into the head of Bryce causing him to crash into the boards. A couple of shifts later one of our guys "accidently" gave her a small nudge in the back next to the boards. So when we asked him about it in the locker room after the game......he said....and I quote (if you are under 18 do not read any further).

"I don't care if she has tits, she's going down"!

Sorry for those I offended bringing up "locker room banter" but we all needed a good laugh after an early Sunday morning loss!

Fun Weekend Guys!

Game Video!

Here is some video shot by Billy's wife. It is IMPORTANT to select "watch in HD", then select full screen.

Here is a screen shot of the video on utube.

The link to see the entire game broken into 6 videos is;

http://www.youtube.com/billysug

It is best to watch it on Youtube because you can watch it in the HD mode, the blog won't let you do that!




Here is the a sample where we kept the puck in the Fury's zone for a full minute! Make sure you watch it in HD or you won't see much!



Here is the first period part one! Make sure you watch it in HD or you won't see much!

Hockey Night at the AAC

Last Thursday I was fortunate enough to take part in the "Stars Experience"! So you don't know what the Stars Experience is?

It is kinda like fantasy hockey for us old wore out wannabe's. Sure as a kid I grew up dreaming of playing for the Adams Cup...come on in the 70's in Dallas we didn't really know what the Stanley Cup was, the Dallas Stars were still a couple of decades away from showing up so our dream was getting on the ice at the Fair Park Coliseum on $.10 beer night and beating the crap out of the Ft. Worth Red Wings. My dream was always to stand in for Michelle Dumas, then goalie for the Dallas Blackhawks.

Well the Stars Experience is bout the closest I'll ever come to doing that.

About 22 fellow players all showed up about 2:00pm at the American Airlines Center, we entered the building around 3:00pm with our escort and took the stairs down to the basement and one of the auxiliary locker rooms. From there we suited up, walked about 50 yds around a curve and there we stood in the same doors the Zamboni comes out to clean up the sweat and blood from Dallas Stars game.

We took the ice promptly at 3:30pm with me in the net for the "Down Under Pub and Grill" against the Matrix.

We beat each other’s brains out for about an hour...what a blast to actually skate and play on the ice the Stars play on.

After we all grabbed a quick shower we headed up to the old #7 club for an all you can eat buffet, then we grabbed our amazing seats and watched the Stars beat the Blue Jackets in the longest game of the season, a 6-5 win in a shootout!

Here are a few shots taken by one of our teammates, Matt Thibeau, he is a great sports photographer.






I wish I'd posted this last week but...it is Christmas after all.

Merry Christmas!

I've not posted in a while...sorry I'VE BEEN PLAYING HOCKEY!

As we all get ready to enjoy a few days with our families I'd like to send out a special wish to all the teammates, it has been a great year!

Even though there is no league game this week, there is a tournament a bunch of us will be playing in!

The tournament will be played at the Plano Stars Center we play;

Friday 6:30pm
Friday 9:30pm
Saturday 7:00pm
Sunday 8:30am

Sunday 7:00pm finals if we make it!

Again, Merry Xmas!